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Video: How propaganda can spread on social media via memes, fake news

In this video, we'll look at a few examples of what essentially equates to propaganda spreading across social media, leading to false stories, headlines, posts and the continued degradation of the meaning of "truth."

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Armis Now Available on Google Cloud Marketplace

Enterprises seeking asset visibility and security enabled to simplify the procurement process of Armis.

Newly Introduced HackerOne Assets Goes Beyond Attack Surface Management To Close Security Gaps

HackerOne Assets combines ASM with insights from security experts to protect known and unknown digital assets.

Feature-Rich 'Alchimist' Cyberattack Framework Targets Windows, Mac, Linux Environments

The comprehensive, multiplatform framework comes loaded with weapons, and it is likely another effort by a China-based threat group to develop an alternative to Cobalt Strike and Sliver.

Threat Source newsletter (Oct. 13, 2022) — Cybersecurity Awareness Month is all fun and memes until someone gets hurt

By Jon Munshaw.  Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter.  October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Which, if you’ve been on social media at all the past 13 days or read any cybersecurity news website, you surely know already.  As it does every year, I saw Cybersecurity Awareness Month kick off with a lot of snark and memes of people joking about what it even means to be “aware” of cybersecurity and why we even have this month at all. And I get why it’s easy to poke fun at, it is at its core a marketing-driven campaign, and hardcore security experts and researchers have notoriously pushed back against this being a marketing-driven field.  I’m not saying there should be Cybersecurity Awareness Month mascots brought to life on the floor of Black Hat, but it is probably time to pump the brakes on the skepticism and snark. After all, this week should be about broadening the security community, not trying to exclude others from it. I came to Talos ...

State of Security Data Management 2022 Report Reveals Overconfidence Masks a Pervasive Data Problem

Despite dozens of tools and external vendors, 2 in 3 organizations believe their data strategy isn't sustainable beyond three years, which could leave businesses vulnerable.

New Chinese Malware Attack Framework Targets Windows, macOS, and Linux Systems

A previously undocumented command-and-control (C2) framework dubbed Alchimist is likely being used in the wild to target Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. "Alchimist C2 has a web interface written in Simplified Chinese and can generate a configured payload, establish remote sessions, deploy payload to the remote machines, capture screenshots, perform remote shellcode execution, and run

Alchimist: A new attack framework in Chinese for Mac, Linux and Windows

Cisco Talos discovered a new attack framework including a command and control (C2) tool called "Alchimist" and a new malware "Insekt" with remote administration capabilities.

Alchimist: A new attack framework in Chinese for Mac, Linux and Windows

By Chetan Raghuprasad, Asheer Malhotra and Vitor Ventura, with contributions from Matt Thaxton. Cisco Talos discovered a new attack framework including a command and control (C2) tool called "Alchimist" and a new malware "Insekt" with remote administration capabilities. The Alchimist has a web interface in Simplified Chinese with remote administration features. The attack framework is designed to target Windows, Linux and Mac machines. Alchimist and Insekt binaries are implemented in GoLang. This campaign consists of additional bespoke tools such as a MacOS exploitation tool, a custom backdoor and multiple off-the-shelf tools such as reverse proxies. Cisco Talos has discovered a new single-file command and control (C2) framework the authors call "Alchimist [sic]." Talos researchers found this C2 on a server that had a file listing active on the root directory along with a set of post-exploitation tools. Cisco Talos assesses with moderate-high confidence that this framework is being...